Five Things That Happened On April 27 In Soap History

In 1989, Bobbie Eakes debuted on Bold and Beautiful as Macy Alexander, the daughter of Darlene Conley's Sally Spectra. In 2023, she fondly recalled working with the late Conley in an interview with Soap Opera Digest, saying, "She was always so gracious and inviting all the castmates to her box seats at the [Hollywood] Bowl. She had the dressing room next to me and you could hear everything. One day, I was taking a nap on my sofa and I could hear her talking on the phone about her car to a mechanic, and the minute she got him on the phone, she didn’t say, ‘Hello, this is Darlene Conley,’ she said [with a flourish] ‘Hello, baby, this is Sally Spectra.’ She really turned it on. She loved being Sally Spectra. She was one of the greats. She even came to Georgia for my wedding in 1992. I often say it feels like she’s still here because she was such a large presence, so I feel like she’s not gone. She will always be in my heart.”

In 2007 on General Hospital Carly Roberts (Laura Wright) and Jasper "Jax" Jacks said, “I do.” In a 2015 interview with Soap Opera Digest, Wright reflected on her experience being paired with Rademacher, saying, "Ingo and I used to fight all the time. We were like a married couple! We would start to bicker and people would move away from us. ‘You guys are ridiculous!’ He’d be like, ‘It would be funny if you do this.’ I would say, ‘I hear what you’re saying, but I’d rather do it this way.’ Then he’d say, ‘Well, it’s not gonna be funny at all.’ I’d be like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re such an ass,’ and he'd go, ‘Want to go get lunch?’ We totally adore each other, but we were brutally honest. I don’t think I’ve ever been that honest with a coworker.”

In 2011, Viki had an epic confrontation with her alters on One Life to Live as Erika Slezak marked her 40^th anniversary on the show. The character's long-running battle with dissociative identity disorder featured several alter egos, including Niki Smith (pictured), Jean Randolph and Tommy.

In 2012, Kristina Wagner returned to General Hospital as Felicia, a role she created in 1984. She had last appeared on the show for a brief stint in 2008. "They say it’s like riding a bike, but it really isn’t,” she told Soap Opera Digest about her comeback. “I was on this show 23 years, but I’ve been on my own path doing something entirely different for five years, so it’s very different for me. But it was like coming home, because everyone was so warm, loving and welcoming to me. It made me feel good. I’ve got friends here and that’s something I’ve missed, coming into the makeup room and having your friends there and chatting."

In 2017 on Young and Restless, Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott, r.) vented to her children, Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle) about their father, Victor Newman's, latest stunt: Behind her back, he had written a fat check to fund a Nicole Newman Research Center for Neurological Diseases at the local university. The trio discussed Victor's ulterior motives for his ostensible act of charity.